HYPERCATALEXIS


Meaning of HYPERCATALEXIS in English

in prosody, the occurrence of an additional syllable at the end of a line of verse after the line is metrically complete; especially (in verse measured by dipodies), the occurrence of a syllable after the last complete dipody. A feminine ending is a form of hypercatalexis.

Britannica English vocabulary.      Английский словарь Британика.